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rampire

/ˈɹæmpaɪə(ɹ)/

rampire noun: a rampart.

Noun

rampire (plural rampires)

  1. (archaic) A rampart.
    • The Trojans round the place a rampire cast.1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Verb

rampire (third-person singular simple present rampires, present participle rampiring, simple past and past participle rampired)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To fortify with a rampart; to form into a rampart.
    • Expect ye more walls at your backs? towns rampir'd here are none[1611?], Homer, “Book XV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...
    • rampired walls of gold1864, Robert Browning, Abt Vogler

Forms of rampire

Noun
pluralrampires
Verb
third-person singular presentrampires
present participlerampiring
past participlerampired
pastrampired

Questions about rampire

What does rampire mean?
Rampire means a rampart.
What part of speech is rampire?
Rampire can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce rampire?
Rampire is pronounced /ˈɹæmpaɪə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of rampire?
The plural of rampire is rampires.

Words near rampire in the dictionary

  1. ramping up
  2. rampingly
  3. rampings
  4. rampion
  5. rampions
  6. rampire
  7. rampired
  8. rampires
  9. rampiring
  10. Rampisham
  11. rampless

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